Cabinet for talking-machine records



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Jaiil 251923.

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CABINET'FOR TALKING-TEACHINE RECGRDS.

Application'filed January 27, 1920'. Serial No. 354,352.

T (iii whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, Bonner O. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States. and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and Stateof New York, have invented certainnew anduseful Improvements in Cabinets for, Talking-Machine Records, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a cabinet for talking machine records and more particularly to the type in which a number of separate spaces is provided in which the records may be supported on their edges and from which they may be individually removed. An object of this invention is to provide a cabinet which will be light in structure, compact in form, and inexpensive to manufacture.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings: i

Fig. 1 is a vertical section through a cabinet constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing one end of the cabinet in front elevation;

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the dividingstrips with a partition secured thereto;

Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the movable members on which the records are supported;

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary views of.

one of the movable supports;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing the manner in which the movable supports are mounted between the partitions;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-. Fig. 3:

, F ig. 9 is a fragmentary view showing the manner in which the partitions are secured at their rear edges; and

Fig. 10 is afragmentary view showing the manner in which the upper ends of the dividing strips are mounted.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention there .is provided a casing with an open front wall. This casing in this instance, is formed of a bottom 1 and side pieces 2 together with a rear wall 3 and a top wall 4. the latter two being formed of a single piece of sheet..metal, the forward edge of the top wall being in rear of the forward edge of the bottom wall. Within the casin are arranged a number of dividstrips inclining rearwardly from their lower ends. It is preferred tomake the dividing strips of sheet metal, the metal being bent between its edges to provide grooves in which theforward edges of the partitions 6 are received. The securing of the dividing strips may be obtained by providing a strip '7 on, the under side of the top wall and notching said strip at 8 to receive portions of the dividing strips 5. A strip 7* is socured in front of the strips to hold them in the notches 8. The lower ends of the strips 5 are received within notches formed in a strip 9 secured to the bottom wall 1 of the cabinet.

' The partitions 6 are preferably formed from sheet material such as card board, and their upper edges decline rearwardly from their forward edges. These partitions do not extend to therear wall of the casing and are secured at their rear edges by a grooved strip 10, which act-s as a support for the records, said strip being so positioned that the records project beyond the dividing strips 5 in the manner shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The records are preferably also supported, each upon a movable support 12, which is in the form of a lever pivoted at 13 to a common pivot rod which is situated in front of the axis of the disk when it rests against the strip 10. This lever extends rearwardly from the pivotal axis 18 under the disk and has its rear end deflected up- -'ardly at 14, the extreme end being norin a ll y out of engagement with the disk when the latter rests against the support 10 and the lever 12 in advanceof the deflected portion 14-, but said deflected portion serving to hold the disk on the lever when the lever has its finger piece 15 depressed. A bar 16 is arranged in rear of the partitions 6 and about in a plane with the center of the disks of greatest diameter in order to cooperate with the disks so as to prevent the latter rolling too far to the rear.

In the use of the cabinet the levers or movable supports 12 are depressed at their forward ends through their finger pieces .15, the levers engaging frictionally between two as shown in F 1 of the drawings, the-cross piece 16 preventingthe movement of the dish too far to the rezrr. To project it disk, the finger piece of the proper lever is depressed which causes said disk to roll outwardly on the'lever Where it is caught in the hnnd. V

A cabinet constructed in 'accorilenco with this invention isinexpensi-ve to manufacture. simple in operation and light and durable in structure. Record disks of differinserted or removed.

lVhet I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A cabinet for talking machine records comprising an outer casing having an open front Wall and its top Well With front edge in rearof the frontedge of the bot tom Wall, grooved dividing strips extending 'fromthe bottom Wall to the top Wall and inclining rearwardly from their lower ends, partitions received-in the grooves of the dividing strips at their forward edges, the upper edges of the partitions declining from their front edges, a strip arranged-on the bottom Wall in spaced relation to the rear wall and grooved to receive'the reerends of the partitions, and movzrhle record supports operating between the partitions.

ROBERT O. HAIVHVIOND. 

